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. >> i pledge allegiance to the flag of the united states of america, and to the republic for which it stands, one nation, under god, indivisible, with liberty and justice for all. >> president chiu: colleagues, we have our july 31 board meeting minutes. motion by supervisor campos, seconded by supervisor farrell. without objection those are approved. madam clerk, any communications? >> angela calvillo: i have no communications. >> president chiu: could you call our 3 pm special order. >> angela calvillo: first item of business is policy discussion between mayor and linley and board of supervisors. this week representing the even districts, specifically district 4. the mayor may address the board for up to five minutes. the president will recognize the sproofers who will present her question to the mayor, as long as the entire discussion does not exceed five minutes per supervisor. >> president chiu: mr. mayor, welcome back to the board. >> mayor lee: thank you. good afternoon, supervisors, and to the public, thank you again for inviting me here to present answers to your questions. be
. >> i pledge allegiance to the flag of the united states of america, and to the republic for which it stands, one nation, under god, indivisible, with liberty and justice for all. >> president chiu: colleagues, we have our july 31 board meeting minutes. motion by supervisor campos, seconded by supervisor farrell. without objection those are approved. madam clerk, any communications? >> angela calvillo: i have no communications. >> president chiu: could you call our 3 pm...
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those are the regional water quality control board and the united states environmental protection agency. these agencies review the navy's work plans prior to them conducting the work. they review all the data after the work is done, and verify that it is correct. and they verify that air monitoring and fences and controls are in place when the work is being done. in addition, they also conduct independent scans, which our radiological expert will speak to you about in just a moment. for the past 10 years, amack, environmental and infrastructure has provided independent oversight and review of this navy's cleanup program on behalf of tida. they also have a consultant who works with them, ngts, and they provide independent review and analysis of the navy's radiological cleanup activities for tida. mr. bob burns is here. he's the chief executive officer of ngts and a certified health fizz sift and he has over 20 years of experience in radiological assessment and will give you a preparation on the rairadiological issues at trease island. >> good afternoon. i know you've all been provided a
those are the regional water quality control board and the united states environmental protection agency. these agencies review the navy's work plans prior to them conducting the work. they review all the data after the work is done, and verify that it is correct. and they verify that air monitoring and fences and controls are in place when the work is being done. in addition, they also conduct independent scans, which our radiological expert will speak to you about in just a moment. for the...
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and i completely agree with jonas, but on defense spending, the united states defense spending is more than the rest of the world combined and that's plenty and riots in the middle east, we have to protect our embassies and obviously, in face of this kind of uprising we've got to do a better job and put more troops there, marines there, but our troops aren't going to have to do anything to do with that. >> brenda: gary b, what do you say? >> well, i agree with steve. and todd is just silly on the whole defense thing. look, we're going to double the defense spending protect at the embassy, steve has it right there. i disagree with jonas though, i'd like the fiscal cliff aspect of cutting the spending, why do we need to raise taxes, why is that? that's not going to work for crying out loud. to take money from the private sector and give it to the government that's already super bloated, the most bloated it's been in the la 200 years for crying out loud is ludicrous. let's do it the right way the way that reagan did and government is shrinking and grow gdp. and it. >> brenda: hold on. >>
and i completely agree with jonas, but on defense spending, the united states defense spending is more than the rest of the world combined and that's plenty and riots in the middle east, we have to protect our embassies and obviously, in face of this kind of uprising we've got to do a better job and put more troops there, marines there, but our troops aren't going to have to do anything to do with that. >> brenda: gary b, what do you say? >> well, i agree with steve. and todd is...
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we have also had good development here in the united states. >> let's talk about the united states where you have been doing business for 40 years. but you sort of stood it up as an entity last year. what are some of the most specific products and growth strategy for the united states and does that include mergers and acquisitions? >> yes. to talks of -- to answer the last question yes. u.s. is a priority country for us. we can see that we have good experience the last years doing joint ventures and corporations with the big american companies. we have joint to go together in different programs and look at halifax and we have also other activities. so, we will not stop competing in u.s. with things that are already here. we are trying to figure out what we can contribute to when it comes to partnership with different big industrial leaders. on the other hand we can see for example training and our signature management and other things as well. and that we try to go ourself. so, i think we have a better defined strategy. and a growth for us that maybe is for a big one. it's huge for us. >
we have also had good development here in the united states. >> let's talk about the united states where you have been doing business for 40 years. but you sort of stood it up as an entity last year. what are some of the most specific products and growth strategy for the united states and does that include mergers and acquisitions? >> yes. to talks of -- to answer the last question yes. u.s. is a priority country for us. we can see that we have good experience the last years doing...
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i believe that goes on in every state in the united states. if these lottos are supposed to be for schools, financing schools, all the money should go to the schools. not just a little bit of it and the rest goes into the skate coffers, that's all i have to say. host: next is cynthia, good morning. caller: good morning. i have a comment on mr. bennett's concern on health care. the reason people go to foreign countries for medical care is because drugs and procedures haven't been approved in the united states. host: ok, we'll go next to marty in michigan. good morning, open phones on this sunday morning. go ahead, please. caller: hey, steve, how you doing? host: fine, thank you. caller: i love your diligence and i don't think you lean to the left or right. i've been watching you for years, this is the greatness for c-span that you have so much discipline sitting behind your desk, i could tell if you're a democrat or republican honestly. i just wanted to say over the last, i mean they say are you better off over the last four years? i was hesita
i believe that goes on in every state in the united states. if these lottos are supposed to be for schools, financing schools, all the money should go to the schools. not just a little bit of it and the rest goes into the skate coffers, that's all i have to say. host: next is cynthia, good morning. caller: good morning. i have a comment on mr. bennett's concern on health care. the reason people go to foreign countries for medical care is because drugs and procedures haven't been approved in the...
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here are obama's words about religious people in the united t states. he said they get bitter, they cling toio guns or religion or n tip think to people who are not like them who antiimmigrant or frus trade as a way to explain their frustration. obama looks down on religious people. obama has a record of hostility, religion, and we have never before seen in any american president. one of his first executive orders in january 2009, was tota reverse the practice of the bush administration and start giving taxpayer money to organizes thar perform abortions in othery countries. in february, 2009, he announced the elimination of conscious protections that allowed and pro-life doctors andse nurses in federally funded hospitals to opt out of performing abortions.iner in april 2009, obama delivered n speech at georgetown universityf only after his staff had pressured the catholic college to cover up the monogram for the name of jesus that was always disprayed above the podium.icedw the next thing we noticed was that when president obamacess receipts the declara
here are obama's words about religious people in the united t states. he said they get bitter, they cling toio guns or religion or n tip think to people who are not like them who antiimmigrant or frus trade as a way to explain their frustration. obama looks down on religious people. obama has a record of hostility, religion, and we have never before seen in any american president. one of his first executive orders in january 2009, was tota reverse the practice of the bush administration and...
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so i don't think that we're underregulated in the united states. i think we're overregular lated, and this overregulation -- [applause] transforms what would be entrepreneurial capitalist institutions into extensions of government. and you get corzine as sort of the epitome of the corrupt, incestuous capitalists who, unfortunately, has come to present wall street. i'm for venture capitalists and private equity people. i think what mitt romney did was superb, and michael jensen, incidentally, has studied the effects of private equity during the 1980s and early '90s and finds them overwhelmingly positive. this was a time when u.s. was creating 40 million jobs. and this was a time when wall street managed some 43,000 m&a transactions. it wasn't bad for the economy then. it's bad when it's all embroiled in government shuffles and -- >> 30 seconds. >> -- and housing finance. >> do i have time for another question. >> if you can do it in a couple seconds and let him answer. >> so the prosecution has not proposed putting wall street behind bars. what we'r
so i don't think that we're underregulated in the united states. i think we're overregular lated, and this overregulation -- [applause] transforms what would be entrepreneurial capitalist institutions into extensions of government. and you get corzine as sort of the epitome of the corrupt, incestuous capitalists who, unfortunately, has come to present wall street. i'm for venture capitalists and private equity people. i think what mitt romney did was superb, and michael jensen, incidentally,...
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the united states recognizes that. and the president of the united states, over the last couple of days has done the two things that i think are most important for this country. has has condemned the message that has been sent by the film and making sure that we -- that it is not representing the views of the united states government. and he has insisted to countries which have long been our partners that the new governments there protect and defend the lives and security of foreign representatives on their soil, as is the responsibility of any government. >> shannon: do you worry about the moral equivalency of the death of four americans and continued attacks on 20 embassies across the country, across the world. >> we live in a country of free speech and first amendment. this is one of the things that is -- on which our country is built. >> they are making hateful rork remarks about them. they have free speech. in the countries comen which we are seeing the protests, i think people don't understand that this is what c
the united states recognizes that. and the president of the united states, over the last couple of days has done the two things that i think are most important for this country. has has condemned the message that has been sent by the film and making sure that we -- that it is not representing the views of the united states government. and he has insisted to countries which have long been our partners that the new governments there protect and defend the lives and security of foreign...
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the fact is, it's harder in the united states to lift yourself from poverty now than it was 50 years ago. yet, in the midst of a presidential campaign where the economy is the central issue, we rarely hear poverty mentioned by either candidate. according to a new report by fairness and accuracy reporting, less than 1% of the campaign coverage addressed poverty in any way. that is, at least, directly. consider this, this week's teacher strike in chicago, more than 25,000 chicago teachers went on trike over a mere yad of issues, not the least of which are the teaching conditions in chicago schools. the strike exposed the battle lines between the movement and educators fighting against high stakes testing and a better approach to measuring school performance. driving the battle is educational outcomes to improve economic things for kids. it is always education, which is first and often only mentioned as the cure. that prescription sounds intuitive. what if the premise is wrong? what is robert rector is wrong and it does affect childhood. the average low income child enters kindergarten
the fact is, it's harder in the united states to lift yourself from poverty now than it was 50 years ago. yet, in the midst of a presidential campaign where the economy is the central issue, we rarely hear poverty mentioned by either candidate. according to a new report by fairness and accuracy reporting, less than 1% of the campaign coverage addressed poverty in any way. that is, at least, directly. consider this, this week's teacher strike in chicago, more than 25,000 chicago teachers went on...
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the united states becomes the tarring. by saying it was all about the movie and nothing to do with your own governance, it invites more things of this nature. that is what i'm worried about. it's going to be open season on americans. >> heather: i have to wrap you up. thanks so much for joining us. >> gregg: controversial voting i.d. law unfolding now in pennsylvania, but will voters have enough time to properly identify themselves before november's election? it's in court. we'll talk about it. ggest stage. but when joint pain and stiffness from psoriatic arthritis hit, even the smallest things became difficult. i finally understood what serious joint pain is like. i talked to my rheumatologist and he prescribed enbrel. enbrel can help relieve pain, stiffness, and stop joint damage. because enbrel, etanercept, suppresses your immune system, it may lower your ability to fight infections. serious, sometimes fatal events including infections, tuberculosis, lymphoma, other cancers, and nervous system and blood disorders have o
the united states becomes the tarring. by saying it was all about the movie and nothing to do with your own governance, it invites more things of this nature. that is what i'm worried about. it's going to be open season on americans. >> heather: i have to wrap you up. thanks so much for joining us. >> gregg: controversial voting i.d. law unfolding now in pennsylvania, but will voters have enough time to properly identify themselves before november's election? it's in court. we'll...
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states. >> absolutely, yes, 75% ownership from the united states oil company. >> how big is this oil that you are sitting on right here? how big, how important is it to kazakhstan and the world? >> thank you for that question. at tco, we operate the biggest, super giant oil field in the world. it would take you two marathons to run around the perimeter, it is that large. it holds between 6 billion to 9 billion barrels of reserves. we produce currently 600,000 barrels of oil per day, about 750,000 cubic feet of natural gas. to use the term barrel of oil equivalent, it is more than 700,000 barrels of oil per day. >> is it fueling the economy here? >> that is a fair statement. s direct payments are brown $66 billion. a run 2011, we are -- a new record this year in the range of $13 billion or $14 billion. >> in addition to paying the government, is that for land use, royalties? >> payments to the national oil company for their interest in the operation here. also payments to government- owned railroads, pipeline. it is a huge amount of money. >> so it is a good deal, both directions? >>
states. >> absolutely, yes, 75% ownership from the united states oil company. >> how big is this oil that you are sitting on right here? how big, how important is it to kazakhstan and the world? >> thank you for that question. at tco, we operate the biggest, super giant oil field in the world. it would take you two marathons to run around the perimeter, it is that large. it holds between 6 billion to 9 billion barrels of reserves. we produce currently 600,000 barrels of oil...
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. >> the united states killed osama bin laden. >> his presidency marked by political division. >> speaker boehner, he says you flinched. >> i'm sure that's his version of events. >> i think the biggest failure is the president's unwillingness to listen to the american people. >> a man whose style would both help him and hurt him as a leader. >> when i'm making decisions, i try to not get caught up in the emotions of the moment. >> "obama revealed: the man, the president." >> i can't wait to tell my children about it. >> watches, belts, keychains! >> it was an historic moment. >> prepare to take the oath, senator? >> i am. i, barack hussein obama -- >> so help you god? >> so help me god. >> congratulations, mr. president. >> a new day with towering expectations. >> he looked at me and said, it's been an incredible ride, hasn't it? i said yeah. he said, it's just beginning. >> on this day, we gather because we have chosen hope over fear. unity of purpose over conflict and discord. >> for many, barack obama and his presidency symbolized much more than political change. >> obama! obama! obama
. >> the united states killed osama bin laden. >> his presidency marked by political division. >> speaker boehner, he says you flinched. >> i'm sure that's his version of events. >> i think the biggest failure is the president's unwillingness to listen to the american people. >> a man whose style would both help him and hurt him as a leader. >> when i'm making decisions, i try to not get caught up in the emotions of the moment. >> "obama...
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view the united states. they view us as a partner. they view us as somebody they want to work with. they view president obama as somebody they trust. our standing in the world is much stronger so it charge of weakness is really quite baseless. >> schieffer: do you think mitt romney spoke inappropriately when he criticized and issued a statement so early in this turmoil? >> bob, i think you know, in my role, i'm not going to jump into politics and make those judgments. that's for the american people to decide. >> schieffer: madam ambassador thank you for being with us. >> thank you very much. >> schieffer: and joining us now for his take on all this, the ranking republican on the senate armed services committee, john mccain. senator, you've got to help me out here. the president of libya says that this was something that had been in the works for two months, this attack. he blames it on al qaeda. susan rice says that the state department thinks it is some sort of a spontaneous event. what do you make of it? >
view the united states. they view us as a partner. they view us as somebody they want to work with. they view president obama as somebody they trust. our standing in the world is much stronger so it charge of weakness is really quite baseless. >> schieffer: do you think mitt romney spoke inappropriately when he criticized and issued a statement so early in this turmoil? >> bob, i think you know, in my role, i'm not going to jump into politics and make those judgments. that's for the...
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many other people especially in the united states are saying no, thest a matter of free expression. the president of one of those groups was on cnn this morning. >> the only kind of hate speech that is illegal in the united states is when it incites imminent lawlessness and i think google is correct that the video in question did not meet that standard. >> google, which owns youtube, constantly having to make subjective decisions about what videos are okay. >> interesting. but this ist over because the white house has been asked to weigh in on this as well. >> the extent was asking youtube to take another look at it and then they said no, we're not going to do it. what you do have all the time, this is what's so fascinating about the way technology is changing the world. there are so many difficult decisions youtube has to face. for example, they say they don't all allow gory vooid, violent video, then you get these videos out of syria that show gore and violence. what we found is a youtube official who gave a talk a few years ago who said there's something they take a look at. to s
many other people especially in the united states are saying no, thest a matter of free expression. the president of one of those groups was on cnn this morning. >> the only kind of hate speech that is illegal in the united states is when it incites imminent lawlessness and i think google is correct that the video in question did not meet that standard. >> google, which owns youtube, constantly having to make subjective decisions about what videos are okay. >> interesting. but...
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their bodies returned to the united states. a solemn ceremony with president obama and secretary of state clinton. among those honoring the murdered americans at andrews air force base earlier today. >> mrs. clinton praising the murdered americans for their courage and sacrifice to our country. the people of egypt and libya and tunisia did not trade the tyranny of a dictator for the tierney of a mob. lou: a precisely timed two-part operation under cover of more than 200 demonstrators angry at an anti-mohammed movie. the protesters stormed the consulate, armed militants traveled to a nearby safe house to attack the evacuated americans. libyan officials say the people within the governments own security forces to stop the terrorists to the safe houses location. the unrest is spreading beyond the region. violence erupted in tunisia and the german embassy set afire. american fast food restaurants also torched. demonstrations in afghanistan. palestinians and in jerusalem protests in america. american flags were burned outside the em
their bodies returned to the united states. a solemn ceremony with president obama and secretary of state clinton. among those honoring the murdered americans at andrews air force base earlier today. >> mrs. clinton praising the murdered americans for their courage and sacrifice to our country. the people of egypt and libya and tunisia did not trade the tyranny of a dictator for the tierney of a mob. lou: a precisely timed two-part operation under cover of more than 200 demonstrators...
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what is the appropriate response from the united states? >> well, there's a limit, particularly in the short-term to what we can do. i mean, obviously, one of the things we've done since the violence is to try to speak to these countries. i mean, it was very noticeable that in egypt, that these demonstrators were allowed to get so close to the embassy to scale the wall, to tear down the u.s. flag, to put up a radical islamic flag, and obviously what happened in benghazi, one of the things that the president has been doing and may have to continue to do is to talk to leaders, like the president of egypt, president of libya, and to try to put some more pressure on them to stop the protests and to protect u.s. interests in those parts of the world and if part of that involves mentioning the fact that it's going to be awfully hard to get u.s. aid for those countries if there's more violence against americans, my guess is that's something he'll say. >> we're talking foreign policy as the headlines right now, not the economy. how is this going to
what is the appropriate response from the united states? >> well, there's a limit, particularly in the short-term to what we can do. i mean, obviously, one of the things we've done since the violence is to try to speak to these countries. i mean, it was very noticeable that in egypt, that these demonstrators were allowed to get so close to the embassy to scale the wall, to tear down the u.s. flag, to put up a radical islamic flag, and obviously what happened in benghazi, one of the things...
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no question their is a presence in the united states and mexican organized crime, but is also russian organized crime and lithuanian and moroccan. but in the scene of county i asked a prominent latino businessman who have frequented, he was happy to talk to me. well-off guy to the chamber of commerce. i said, they're going after the cartels. everyone there rate is an undocumented spanish speaker for the most part. are the cartels? he said it, not quite. local american mexican-americans who have money and are investing basically giving a job to people to grow in the forest and distributing it among latino channels regionally. that was one does opinion. but i need to know was there a mexican organized-crime the presence of this? no. the probationer doing community service. all my fellow volunteers are people doing community service for canada's farming. asked one night with the deal was. he was a latino man on probation for indoor growing. he said, it's here, sophisticated. they will even stuff in stuffed animals and put the head back on the panel. that was one person. one unconfirmed s
no question their is a presence in the united states and mexican organized crime, but is also russian organized crime and lithuanian and moroccan. but in the scene of county i asked a prominent latino businessman who have frequented, he was happy to talk to me. well-off guy to the chamber of commerce. i said, they're going after the cartels. everyone there rate is an undocumented spanish speaker for the most part. are the cartels? he said it, not quite. local american mexican-americans who have...
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of south carolina to challenge dodd-frank in the courts of the united states. south carolina, we are going to challenge that law, we're going to take the battle back to washington d.c. because community banks on main street shouldn't be choked to death so that big banks on wall street can take our money. the dodd-frank wall street reform and consumer protection act was signed back on july 21st, 2010. and at the time president obama made the case for it like this. >> demand accountability and responsibility from everyone. it provides certainly to everybody, from bankers to, farmers to, business owners to consumers. and unless your business model depends on cutting corners or bilking your customers, you've got nothing to fear from reform. >> and we don't know about any other states that may join south carolina. but we have heard attorney general wilson say similar things about repealing dodd frank or challenging, rather, dodd-frank in the past and the new tier, he plans to-- the news here, he plans to file suit in the next few days. >> alisyn: thanks, peter. what
of south carolina to challenge dodd-frank in the courts of the united states. south carolina, we are going to challenge that law, we're going to take the battle back to washington d.c. because community banks on main street shouldn't be choked to death so that big banks on wall street can take our money. the dodd-frank wall street reform and consumer protection act was signed back on july 21st, 2010. and at the time president obama made the case for it like this. >> demand accountability...
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ellis all over the united states. he's a nice boy. >> reporter: but as influential as his words are, he's just as powerful when he's quiet. >> announcer: there is no reason to speak when you see pictures like that. >> reporter: some of the biggest plays you've called, you stopped and just let the moment play. >> yeah. i can't compete with the crowd and personally i would much rather hear the crowd than my own voice so it's very natural for me to shut up. upon occasion. >> announcer: ladies and gentlemen, vin scully. >> reporter: it hasn't always just been baseball. over his six-decade career he's been everything from a variety show host... >> just try that super blue blade once and you'll... >> reporter: ... to a pitch man for razor blades. >> all the time i knew that all i was doing was learning a little bit more about myself. i was not going to let go of baseball. i knew that. >> reporter: and he didn't. but life on the road wasn't always easy. >> you know, it sounds glamorous. you're with a major league team and yo
ellis all over the united states. he's a nice boy. >> reporter: but as influential as his words are, he's just as powerful when he's quiet. >> announcer: there is no reason to speak when you see pictures like that. >> reporter: some of the biggest plays you've called, you stopped and just let the moment play. >> yeah. i can't compete with the crowd and personally i would much rather hear the crowd than my own voice so it's very natural for me to shut up. upon occasion....